Hame and trace connection



F.F. HODGES.

HAME AND TRACE CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED'MAY 10, 1910.

1,406,735. Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

S nuntoz Frederic/4 H0 c1535 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK F. HODGES, 0F KALAMAZOO', MICHIGAN.

HAME AND TRACE CONNECTION.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, in the county ofKalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in I-Iame and Trace Connections, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hame and trace connections uponharness, and its objects are: first, to provide a means whereby thetrace may be readily adjusted upwardly and downwardly on the hame; and,second, to provide a means whereby the trace may be given a vertical,and a lateral pivotal movement upon the hame.

I attain these objects by the mechanism and construction of parts shownin the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of my bolthame and trace connecting elements. Fig. 2 is a sectional end view ofthe hame with my appliance attached showing its relative position withthe collar, a cross sectional outline of which is shown. Fig. 3 is anedge view of one of the connecting members in my bolt hame connection.Fig. 4 is an edge view of the other member of my bolt hame connection,the member shown in Fig.3 being shown in dotted outline as it appearswhen in cooperative position therewith. Figs. 5 and 6 are lens of thesame elements disconnected to sl Fig. 7 is an elevation of thesupporting rivet that secures my connecting element to the hame.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

These connecting elements are designed to be used upon any stock hame,1, and consist of a casing 8 that is secured to the hame by means ofseveral eye bolts or rivets, as 10, which are passed through the base ofthe casing 8 and through the hamel and riveted in place, as indicated inFigure 3 and are properly distributed to receive and support the pivotalsupporting bolt 9, substantially as shown in Fig. 1. The casing isslotted laterally to form a multiple of receptacles for the ends a. and7) of the parts 5 and 5, which parts are to be placed into said slots atthe desired positions on the hame and are pivotally mounted upon thebolt 9 so they may have a free lateral swing upon said bolt. The element5 is presumed to be cast, or formed with an integral hub 6 that is de-10W their general line of construction. 7

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 14, 1922,

1919. Serial No. 296,254.

signedjto act as a bearing for the loop 4, as indicated in Fig; 1, andwhen the two elements, 5 and 5, are properly assembled, as indicatedbythe solid line view of 5 in Fig. 4, and the dotted outline of 5 in thesame figure, they are firmly riveted together, as indicated at 7, sothey will form a firm and substantial pivotal support for the loop orlink 4, thus providing a pivotal bearing for the Vertical adjustment ofthe trace. The loop or link 4 is pivotally connected with the trace bymeans of a looped strap 3, so connected that the trace connections 2 maybe made to have a lateral pivotal movement both upon the bolt 9 and theloop 4.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the hame 1, and its connection with the trace 3connected with the outline, 13, of a collar practically as it is appliedin real use.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the hame and tug connections made near the upperend of the casing 8. This is to indicate that the positions of theseconnections depends entirely upon the position of the slots 0 in theeasing into which the bearings a, b are placed when assembling theparts. The space on each side of the central rivet 10 is so distributedthat the bearings a, b may bespaced uniformly anywhere in the length ofthe casing 8. In case the metal loop 3 should become badly worn it is asimple matter to correct the difficulty by taking out the rivets andreplacing this part.

lVhat I claim as new in the art, is:

1. In a hame and trace connection for harnesses, a looped metal casingmounted longitudinally of the hame and having lateral slots formed inone side thereof, eye rivets securing the casing to the hame, a boltpassing through the eyes in the rivets, two plates with extended endsthereon, and having openings through the ends to encircle the bolt andform a lateral pivotal connection therewith, said plates rivetedtogether and one of said plates having an annular hub upon one side, toform a vertical bearing between the two plates, a loop mounted upon saidbearing, a sheet metal plate riveted to the end of the trace andarranged to form a pivotal bearing around the first named loop givingthe trace both a lateral and a vertical pivotal movement through itsconnection with the first named loop.

2. In a hame and trace coupling for harnesses, a looped casing havinglateral slot-s uniformly distributed longitudinally thereon, eye rivetssecuring said casing to the hame, a bolt passed through the eyes of saidrivet-s longitudinally of the hame, connecting members having projectingends by means of which they are pivotally mounted upon said bolt andadapted to a lateral pivotal movement thereon, one of said membershaving an annular hub on one side and the other of said members having aportion 10 abutting said hub, a loop mounted upon and FREDERICK F.HODGES.

